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(No Model.) W. H. HODGSON.

PLOW.

PatentedJune 23, 1,885..

HTVENTOR I WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

'NITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. I-IODGSON, OF W'INONA, MINNESOTA.

PLOW.

SPECIEFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,656, dated June 23, 1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. HODGSON, of \Vinona,-in the county otWVinona and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to that description of plows which are known as short-bar shareplows. The invention consists in an extension .of the short bar back of the shim of theshare,

or back of the joint where the laudside-plate joins the share; also in constructing the landside with a recess or pocket for reception and retention of the short bar in place, and for giving it a firm or solid bearing, free from all strain on the bolt or bolts which unite said bar with said landside; and it furthermore consists in or com prises abackward extension of the short bar, as described, and securing it in position by the same bolt or bolts that hold the landside-plate, thereby keeping the point ot' the share in place and serving to make a very strong short-bar plow.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a top view of the land side and its plate, share, and so much of the plow as is necessary to illustrate my invention; Fig. 2, a side view of the same as seen from the landside, showing the landside in position by dotted lines and detached by full lines; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the short bar and share in part detached from the deadlay and landside; and Fig. 4 a perspective view of the landside and dead-lay.

A indicates the landside, and A the landside-plate; B, the share; 0, the short bar; D, the dead-lay, and E the mold board. The short bar 0 is extended back of the shim of the share B, or of the joint where the landsideplate A joins the share B. By this extension of the short bar the blacksmith is materially aided in setting the cutting'edge when sharpening the share. This bar 0 is covered by the landside-plate A by constructing the landside A, on its exterior side, with a recess or pocket, 1), within which the short bar fits and has a firm or solid bearing, and whereby the landside holds said bar in place free from all strainon the bolt or bolts 0, which unite the bar and plate A. Said bolt 0 also serves to secure the landside-plate in place, and by the extension of the short bar back as described likewise serves to secure the short bar, thus keeping the joint of the share in place and conducing to give great strength to the construction of the plow; and this is materially increased by the construction of the landside A of an increased width at its outer end portion, (I, and forming it with stiffening-ribse on and along it.

The dead-lay D, which may either be ahalf or a full one, and is used instead of a frog, and onto which the mold-board E is bolted, is an angular plate-brace uniting the landside and share. Gr is the share brace, which is here shown as united to the landside A and share by means of bolts. hen malleablciron is used in the construction, said brace may be formed from the end of the dead-lay and extend to the landside, making the whole one solid piece, thus avoiding the use of bolts.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The landside portion A of the plow-frame constructed with a recess or pocket, b, in combination with the short bar 0 of the share, essentially as described.

2. The combination, with the share 13 and the landside A, having a pocket or recess, 1), in it, of the short bar 0, extended backward as described and arranged to fit within said pocket or recess, and whereby the same bolt or bolts that hold the landside-plate are also made to hold said bar, substantially as specified.

3.. The combination of the dead-layD with the share B, the landside A, landside-plate A, and the short bar C, arranged to extend back of thejunction of the landsideplate with the share, and united with the laudside-plate, essentially as described.

XVILLIAM H. HODGSON.

itnesses:

O. B. GOULD, A. H. Snow. 

